ACE has become the leading academic forum for dissemination of novel research results in the area of entertainment computing. This year for the first time it incorporates DIMEA which has established itself over the last three years as a strong conference on interactive entertainment arts. Together the conference forms an exciting new step blending deeply the latest research in art and technology.

The focus of ACE 2009 is to gather researchers from academia and industry -researchers who are working in multi-disciplinary areas within the arts, psychology, computer science, and design- to discuss, present, and demonstrate their new contributions. The goal of ACE is to stimulate discussion in the development and advancement of interactive art and entertainment applications. It, thus, strides to balance several interdisciplinary areas and seeks representation in all these areas, including, but not limited to:

To encourage presentation of such multi-disciplinary work, we invite submissions that fall into the following tracks:

[Papers Track]- Full Papers: Original unpublished technical, design, and theory/social impact. Submissions to this track should not exceed 8 pages in ACM format.- Short Papers: Original unpublished technical, design, and theory/social impact. Submissions to this track should not exceed 4 pages in ACM format. The program committee may also suggest submitted long papers be resubmitted as short papers.- Posters: Breakthroughs in technical research, content design, industry applications, and entertainment theories/social impact researches are invited. Submissions to this track should not exceed 2 pages in ACM format. Format instructions are posted on the website.

One page abstracts of all accepted submissions will be published inconference proceedings.

Important Dates:Deadline for Full and Short Papers: June 19, 2009Deadline for Posters and Creative Showcases: June 19, 2009Notifications of Acceptance: August 21, 2009Camera Ready Copy: September 18, 2009

Submissions of papers will be online on our conference website usingEasy Chair, and should follow the ACM Submission Format.

Selected papers will be asked to extend their papers for a JournalPublication: Special Issue of ACM Computers in Entertainment andInternational Journal on Arts and Technology (IJART)

Awards:Best papers and creative showcases will be selected based on a jury ofwell respected pioneers in the field attending the conference. We honorthe authors of these publications by presenting awards including: Paper award categories: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Creative showcase award categories: Gold, Silver, and Bronze.